People around Trump want North Korea’s capitulation: US foreign policy expert
There are people around US President Donald Trump who want North Korea’s capitulation and seek to implement the policy of regime change in the country, says James Jatras, a former American Senate foreign policy adviser.
Jatras made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Thursday while commenting on reports which claimed that North Korea has threatened to cancel the summit set for June 12 in Singapore between its leader Kim Jung-un and Trump.
Trump on Thursday tried to put his summit with Kim n back on track, saying he would not seek to implement a so-called "Libya model”.
He also said he is “willing to do a lot” to offer the North Korean leader “protections” if Kim agrees to surrender his nuclear weapons.
“He will get protections that are very strong,” Trump said. “The best thing he could do is make a deal.”
He said preparations for the summit are moving ahead "as if nothing happened.”
Jatras said that "there is some uncertainty about whether the summit between President Trump and [Chairman] Kim will take place. I think it is more likely that it will happen than not."
“Clearly there has been a hiccup here where the North Koreans have signaled that they’re not just going to roll over and play dead, hand over their weapons of mass destruction and let Mr. Trump and go collect his Nobel Peace Prize, that they are going to drive a hard bargain. And I think they are signaling that," he added.
“We have to keep in mind that there are people around Mr. Trump who do not want this summit to take place and certainly do not trust him to meet man to man with Mr. Kim and maybe agree to something that they don’t like," he stated.
“What they want is North Korea’s capitulation. They want regime change, and they see this as a precursor to how to deal with Iran,” he noted.
“So I think we have some difference of opinion on the American side but all in all I still think this will go forward," he concluded.
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